Q: What are the prime factors of the number 335,404,152?

 A: 2, 3, 17, 199

Why are those the prime factors of the number 335,404,152?

Prime factors are the prime numbers that can be multipled together to equal the original number. You find the factors by dividing by prime numbers. It is best shown by creating a Factor Tree.

Factor Tree for the number 335,404,152

335,404,152
Factor Arrows
2167,702,076
Factor Arrows
283,851,038
Factor Arrows
241,925,519
Factor Arrows
313,975,173
Factor Arrows
34,658,391
Factor Arrows
31,552,797
Factor Arrows
3517,599
Factor Arrows
3172,533
Factor Arrows
357,511
Factor Arrows
173,383
Factor Arrows
17199

The numbers in bold above are the prime factors. If there are multiples, you only count them one time. This leads us to our prime factors of:

2, 3, 17, 199

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 17 x 17 x 199 = 335,404,152

This can also be written as 23 x 36 x 172 x 1991 = 335,404,152

If you would like to know more, or need additional explanation, please review our prime factorization explanation.


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